Cubs manager Joe Maddon expressed some amusement Monday that relative Joe Baran was drafted and likely will sign with the rival Brewers.

“It’s OK,” Maddon said before Monday’s game against the Brewers. “We had a chance. It’s OK.”

Baran’s father, Joe Sr., is Maddon’s first cousin, but Maddon downplayed any involvement in his relation being drafted.

“He did it on his own,” Maddon said.

Joe Baran finished his sophomore year at Lackawanna Junior College in Scranton, Pa., and was destined to attend Penn State until the Brewers drafted him. Baran started his college career at SUNY-Stony Brook, where All-Star Joe Nathan played shortstop before the Giants converted him to a pitcher in the late 1990s.

Maddon’s scouting report on his relative includes a 90 mph fastball, effective curve and changeup. Maddon said he asked scouts to provide reports in the month leading up to the draft.

Baran will report to short-season Helena, which stoked some brain cells with Maddon, who managed in the Pioneer League with Idaho Falls in 1981.